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2 Chronicles 11:6

BethlehemEtamTekoa

4 that this is what the LORD says: ‘You are not to go up and fight against your brothers. Each of you must return home, for this word is from Me.’” So they listened to the words of the LORD and turned back from going against Jeroboam.

5 Rehoboam continued to live in Jerusalem, and he built up cities for defense in Judah.

He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

7 Beth-zur, Soco, Adullam,

8 Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,

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BSB
He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
KJV
He built even Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
WEB
He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
ASV
He built Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
DARBY
And he built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
BLB
And he built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
ÅB
Slik bygget han Betlehem og Etam og Tekoa
OTB
Han etablerte Betlehem, Etam og Tekoa,
B1930
Således bygget han Betlehem og Etam og Tekoa

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 6:1

    “Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin; flee from Jerusalem! Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; send up a signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms from the north, even great destruction.

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  • 2 Chronicles 20:20

    Early in the morning they got up and left for the Wilderness of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood up and said, “Hear me, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Believe in the LORD your God, and you will be upheld; believe in His prophets, and you will succeed.”

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  • 1 Chronicles 4:32

    And their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan—five towns—

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  • Matthew 2:5–6

    “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:

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  • Judges 15:8

    And he struck them ruthlessly with a great slaughter, and then went down and stayed in the cave at the rock of Etam.

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  • Nehemiah 3:27

    And next to them, the Tekoites repaired another section, from a point opposite the great tower that juts out to the wall of Ophel.

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  • Genesis 35:19

    So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

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  • Amos 1:1

    These are the words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa—what he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, in the days when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel.

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